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Them. Top Story - May 2023.
After the confrontation, Lexi had to leave the apartment to clear her head. ‘A walk around the block will do,’ she thought to herself ‘or perhaps around the globe,’ she added in despair. The gravel scraped underfoot as she strode angrily across driveway after driveway and lights flashed over her face when she walked under streetlamps. She was moving fast, fast and away from her.
By ThatWriterWoman3 years ago in Fiction
The Ultimate Mechanism
An elderly clockmaker ventured into the forest in search of a mechanism more precise than his timekeepers. Upon watching the deer prance, he concluded that they could not compare to the micro-springs he crafted. Next, he watched the many birds fly. They were not as coordinated as cogs.
By ThatWriterWoman3 years ago in Fiction
Fable 7: The Dog and the Dragon
There once was a dog who lived on dusty streets of an island. He was a dull orange in his fur and the local humans once joked that he was ‘toasted’ by the blistering sun. The dog liked the locals. Some would be cruel or distant towards him, but others would offer him scraps. One man, who stayed in some sort of meat-house, used to offer him bones, sinews and slippery fat from his cuttings. The dog loved that man, the gifts he gave the dog were blissfully cold and always accompanied by a heavy pat on the head.
By ThatWriterWoman3 years ago in Fiction
